Issue |
MATEC Web Conf.
Volume 210, 2018
22nd International Conference on Circuits, Systems, Communications and Computers (CSCC 2018)
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Article Number | 04023 | |
Number of page(s) | 4 | |
Section | Computers | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201821004023 | |
Published online | 05 October 2018 |
The Raspberry Pi as a Computer Substitute at Elementary Schools in Developing Countries: A Pilot Experiment in Ecuador
Universidad de Guayaquil, Guayaquil, Ecuador
* e-mail: alfredo.nunez.u@gmail.com
** e-mail: angelo.vera.rivera@gmail.com
*** e-mail: victoria.haz@hotmail.com
**** e-mail: viviana.pinosm@ug.edu.ec
† e-mail: roberto.zuritad@ug.edu.ec
‡ e-mail: silvia.medinaa@ug.edu.ec
One of the main challenges of developing countries is to shorten the digital divide that exists with developed countries and countries in transition. The government of Ecuador through its National Plan for Technologies and Telecommunications (Plan Nacional de Telecomunicaciones y Tecnologías), has as a goal to give universal access to Technologies of Information and Communication (TICs) to its entire citizens. One of its projects is to assure connectivity and infrastructure in schools. This paper proposes a low-cost open source solution to improve the access to information technology and communication through computers to children of schools in low income areas. The proposed alternative was set out to using the Raspberry Pi 3 s a substitute of standard computer. Its performance and capabilities were put to test comparing them to standard PC main functions. the pilot experiment was implemented at the "Ciudad de Ariel" elementary school, located on Durán, Ecuador.
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2018
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